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Spectrum, 1952-04-18

Spectrum

spectrum official student publication of the university of buffalo volume 2 g|g buffalo n y friday april 18 1952 number 22 5 cent coffee now extinct see editorial med aptitude deadline 26th see bulletin board open letter to dean anderson we are writing to you sir in the name of the students of the university of buffalo the purpose of this letter is to explain their feelings about lockwood memorial library in your capacity as dean of administration it is within your power to do something about their gripes the subjects of the students complaints are the lighting fixtures of lock wood and the hours during which the library's facilities are available to them with final exams coming closer lockwood becomes the most prominent and most populated build ing on campus the facts that are declared in the article on the front page indicates that the quantity of light shed on the main reading room is below the required amount if the university would like to encourage better scholarship from the students it would seem reasonable to assume they would also be desirous of providing the means for im provement at present the library closes at one on saturday the students who use the library on this day are just about started in their work when their books are closed by some am bitious attendant tight weekly schedules force many students to make use of lockwood on saturday while this situation continues the library should be open all day previous attempts to bring action to this issue by the board of managers and this paper have always been drowned out in university red tape an administration that finds new buildings within their realm can certainly see their way clear to amend the lighting in the library the urgency of this condition dictates a policy which will cut through the cumbersome tape we hope sir you can find it possible to answer this plea by the students of the uni versity of buffalo lockwood memorial library all invited to ub concert and dance tonight's the night this is the evening of the annual spring pop concert and dance presented by the u b band and orchestra and held at kleinhans music hall in the mary seaton room the con cert will begin at 8:15 p.m and will terminate around 9:30 from then till one there will be dancing arthur garami gifted violinist and concertmaster of the hamilton phil harmonic orchestra will be feat ured the price of tickets is 1.00 per person or 1.50 per couple a small price for an evening of good entertainment this band is under the director ship of mr john krestic talented and experienced director of music at amherst central high school concert and dance committee chair men are as follows program len strong arrangements bob hahn tickets larry pollock publicity bill lash due to bob winship's resignation as business manager i.uther burnette president of the band has assumed the duties of business manager alpha phi omega fraternity is donating its services at the concert as ushers every member of the band and orchestra will perform and each has worked hard to present a really good program tickets may be purchased from any band or or chestra member come on along have a good time and support a worthy event don't forget â€” that's tonight library lighting bulletin board the long-awaited 1952 buffalo nian will be on sale monday may 5 this year's publication is great ly increased in quantity and qual ity however unless more copies are subscribed for the price will be upped 50c a copy to prevent this from happening a buffalonian booth will be set up in the lobby of norton april 24 and 25 from 11:00-2:00 you'll certainly want a i copy of this annual for it contains everything about you and your uni fjrsity so take advantage of this ast opportunity to procure the 1952 buffalonian the price is 4.60 law schoo for years there have been gripes coming from the law school due to their poor location off campus one particular complaint was that the law students paid a norton union fee in their tuition but re ceived very little benefit from this payment becavlse they are seldom on campus in an attempt to rec tify this situation the board of managers has formed a committee composed of jack keller bill scir to bob swart jim buckley mr sanford and mr febel this committee will meet with a similar group chosen by the lawyers in the near future med school aptitude students seeking admission to medical colleges for entrance in the fall term of the school year 1953 54 should take the medical college admission test on may 10 1952 applications for the may exam must be in by april 26 1952 another exam will be given on november 3 1952 cadillac convertibles we need them . . who doesn't if anyone can drive or donate one for the m.u.d parade please contact jim walsh chairman m.u.d parade committee high school students have taste of college life here the university's first welcome week in its final day this after noon has succeeded in the estab lishment of a new precedent on campus fostered and developed by the newly instituted student public relations committee the week-long program brought over four hundred school students on campus endeavoring to further re lations between u b and the high schools of western new york visitors met each day at 11:00 a.m for registration in hayes hall where student hosts were intro duced the hosts volunteers from the student body were paired in dividually according to curricula with the high school students thus rffording opportunity for the stu dents to become familiar with the schools of their choice the program conducted entirely on a personal basis shied away from mass tours and convocations and made possible individual con tact between college and high school students at the social hour presented each day at 3:30 in the cafeteria students received special ly prepared kits containing infor mation on different aspects of cam pus life the student public relations committee under the chairman ship of barbara lewis was formed this semester by the board of man agers in an endeavor to form a closer relationship between the university and surrounding high schools sponsored by the admis sions office the committee is as sisted by mr jack deeringer and jack keller committee chairmen for wel come week were pat gleasner registration pat morton jim wallace publicity ed chmielew ski kits hessa sagenkahn social special mention should be given to hal boreanaz for his work on the host committee under his direc tion letters were sent to over 70 students and the entire faculty or ganizing individual tours and sche duling classes for guest attendance work is under way for the com mittee's next project which will in volve the formation of a student review to be presented in local high schools also on the agenda is the institution of a separate committee to publicize campus life at u b in home-town newspapers library steeped in darkness by bernard bhapiro two years ago new lighting was installed in the main reading room of lockwood old style bulbs were replaced by the newest form of lighting eight foot fluorescent tubes in addition to the light source other factors are involved which make the reading room unfit for long periods of critical vision data obtained by careful research studies show that recommended illumination for a library reading room is from 10-25 foot candles the foot candle is a unit used to measure light intensity this value is a minimum and higher degrees of illumination are recommended from data obtained by a very sketchy research study by the spectrum the maximum light intensity in the library reading room is 20 foot candles and that value only exists during the day time in one urea of the main read ing room near the window for that same spot in the evening the intensity was found to be 4 foot candles a value which is definitely not sufficient for critical seeing other values taken in the eve ning show the intensity to be a maximum of 17 foot candles in a small area directly beneath the ights the average value of 10 readings taken in the evening from various positions on the tables roduce an average illumination of 7 foot candles it is obvious from his information that the lighting s insufficient and detrimental to tliose who do a lot of their study ng in the library v*hy is the reading room bo poorly lighted despite the modern lighting equipment t the distance from the source to the table top is one factor of iÂ»ime importance the library bus chandeliers why not use bulbs in these chandeliers to get the light closer the color and finish of the table tops walls and ceilings is also important the wroni finish or color can absorb and v:iste a good deal of light let the survey be taken up by more competent men the situa tion should be investigated by a committee and suggestions put forth to improve it lockwood looks good on the outside make it good to look at on the inside

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spectrum official student publication of the university of buffalo volume 2 g|g buffalo n y friday april 18 1952 number 22 5 cent coffee now extinct see editorial med aptitude deadline 26th see bulletin board open letter to dean anderson we are writing to you sir in the name of the students of the university of buffalo the purpose of this letter is to explain their feelings about lockwood memorial library in your capacity as dean of administration it is within your power to do something about their gripes the subjects of the students complaints are the lighting fixtures of lock wood and the hours during which the library's facilities are available to them with final exams coming closer lockwood becomes the most prominent and most populated build ing on campus the facts that are declared in the article on the front page indicates that the quantity of light shed on the main reading room is below the required amount if the university would like to encourage better scholarship from the students it would seem reasonable to assume they would also be desirous of providing the means for im provement at present the library closes at one on saturday the students who use the library on this day are just about started in their work when their books are closed by some am bitious attendant tight weekly schedules force many students to make use of lockwood on saturday while this situation continues the library should be open all day previous attempts to bring action to this issue by the board of managers and this paper have always been drowned out in university red tape an administration that finds new buildings within their realm can certainly see their way clear to amend the lighting in the library the urgency of this condition dictates a policy which will cut through the cumbersome tape we hope sir you can find it possible to answer this plea by the students of the uni versity of buffalo lockwood memorial library all invited to ub concert and dance tonight's the night this is the evening of the annual spring pop concert and dance presented by the u b band and orchestra and held at kleinhans music hall in the mary seaton room the con cert will begin at 8:15 p.m and will terminate around 9:30 from then till one there will be dancing arthur garami gifted violinist and concertmaster of the hamilton phil harmonic orchestra will be feat ured the price of tickets is 1.00 per person or 1.50 per couple a small price for an evening of good entertainment this band is under the director ship of mr john krestic talented and experienced director of music at amherst central high school concert and dance committee chair men are as follows program len strong arrangements bob hahn tickets larry pollock publicity bill lash due to bob winship's resignation as business manager i.uther burnette president of the band has assumed the duties of business manager alpha phi omega fraternity is donating its services at the concert as ushers every member of the band and orchestra will perform and each has worked hard to present a really good program tickets may be purchased from any band or or chestra member come on along have a good time and support a worthy event don't forget â€” that's tonight library lighting bulletin board the long-awaited 1952 buffalo nian will be on sale monday may 5 this year's publication is great ly increased in quantity and qual ity however unless more copies are subscribed for the price will be upped 50c a copy to prevent this from happening a buffalonian booth will be set up in the lobby of norton april 24 and 25 from 11:00-2:00 you'll certainly want a i copy of this annual for it contains everything about you and your uni fjrsity so take advantage of this ast opportunity to procure the 1952 buffalonian the price is 4.60 law schoo for years there have been gripes coming from the law school due to their poor location off campus one particular complaint was that the law students paid a norton union fee in their tuition but re ceived very little benefit from this payment becavlse they are seldom on campus in an attempt to rec tify this situation the board of managers has formed a committee composed of jack keller bill scir to bob swart jim buckley mr sanford and mr febel this committee will meet with a similar group chosen by the lawyers in the near future med school aptitude students seeking admission to medical colleges for entrance in the fall term of the school year 1953 54 should take the medical college admission test on may 10 1952 applications for the may exam must be in by april 26 1952 another exam will be given on november 3 1952 cadillac convertibles we need them . . who doesn't if anyone can drive or donate one for the m.u.d parade please contact jim walsh chairman m.u.d parade committee high school students have taste of college life here the university's first welcome week in its final day this after noon has succeeded in the estab lishment of a new precedent on campus fostered and developed by the newly instituted student public relations committee the week-long program brought over four hundred school students on campus endeavoring to further re lations between u b and the high schools of western new york visitors met each day at 11:00 a.m for registration in hayes hall where student hosts were intro duced the hosts volunteers from the student body were paired in dividually according to curricula with the high school students thus rffording opportunity for the stu dents to become familiar with the schools of their choice the program conducted entirely on a personal basis shied away from mass tours and convocations and made possible individual con tact between college and high school students at the social hour presented each day at 3:30 in the cafeteria students received special ly prepared kits containing infor mation on different aspects of cam pus life the student public relations committee under the chairman ship of barbara lewis was formed this semester by the board of man agers in an endeavor to form a closer relationship between the university and surrounding high schools sponsored by the admis sions office the committee is as sisted by mr jack deeringer and jack keller committee chairmen for wel come week were pat gleasner registration pat morton jim wallace publicity ed chmielew ski kits hessa sagenkahn social special mention should be given to hal boreanaz for his work on the host committee under his direc tion letters were sent to over 70 students and the entire faculty or ganizing individual tours and sche duling classes for guest attendance work is under way for the com mittee's next project which will in volve the formation of a student review to be presented in local high schools also on the agenda is the institution of a separate committee to publicize campus life at u b in home-town newspapers library steeped in darkness by bernard bhapiro two years ago new lighting was installed in the main reading room of lockwood old style bulbs were replaced by the newest form of lighting eight foot fluorescent tubes in addition to the light source other factors are involved which make the reading room unfit for long periods of critical vision data obtained by careful research studies show that recommended illumination for a library reading room is from 10-25 foot candles the foot candle is a unit used to measure light intensity this value is a minimum and higher degrees of illumination are recommended from data obtained by a very sketchy research study by the spectrum the maximum light intensity in the library reading room is 20 foot candles and that value only exists during the day time in one urea of the main read ing room near the window for that same spot in the evening the intensity was found to be 4 foot candles a value which is definitely not sufficient for critical seeing other values taken in the eve ning show the intensity to be a maximum of 17 foot candles in a small area directly beneath the ights the average value of 10 readings taken in the evening from various positions on the tables roduce an average illumination of 7 foot candles it is obvious from his information that the lighting s insufficient and detrimental to tliose who do a lot of their study ng in the library v*hy is the reading room bo poorly lighted despite the modern lighting equipment t the distance from the source to the table top is one factor of iÂ»ime importance the library bus chandeliers why not use bulbs in these chandeliers to get the light closer the color and finish of the table tops walls and ceilings is also important the wroni finish or color can absorb and v:iste a good deal of light let the survey be taken up by more competent men the situa tion should be investigated by a committee and suggestions put forth to improve it lockwood looks good on the outside make it good to look at on the inside